Incidence rates of enterovirus 71 infections in young children during a nationwide epidemic in Taiwan, 2008-09.

• Hoofdauteurs: Min-Shi Lee (Auteur), Pai-Shan Chiang (Auteur), Shu-Ting Luo (Auteur), Mei-Liang Huang (Auteur), Guan-Yuan Liou (Auteur), Kuo-Chien Tsao (Auteur), Tzou-Yien Lin (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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OBJECTIVE: Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is causing life-threatening outbreaks in tropical Asia. In Taiwan and other tropical Asian countries, although nationwide EV71 epidemics occur cyclically, age-specific incidence rates of EV71 infections that are critical to estimate disease burden and design vaccine...